#42D1CA#42D1CA

#42D1CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.119 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D1CA
RGBrgb(66, 209, 202)
HSLhsl(177, 61%, 54%)
HSVhsv(177, 68%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(68.4%, 0%, 3.3%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(76.69, -38.76, -7.58)
CIE-LCHlch(76.69, 39.50, 191.06°)
OKLaboklab(78.47% -0.1174 -0.0212)
OKLCHoklch(78.47% 0.119 190.2)
XYZxyz(35.7030, 51.0193, 63.8317)
Luminance0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D1CA #D14249
analogous
#42D183 #42D1CA #4291D1
triadic
#42D1CA #CA42D1 #D1CA42
tetradic
#42D1CA #8342D1 #D14249 #91D142
square
#42D1CA #8342D1 #D14249 #91D142
split-complementary
#42D1CA #D14291 #D18342
monochromatic
#1E7B76 #2AACA6 #42D1CA #73DDD8 #A4E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87
#42D1CA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20
#42D1CA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D1CA
11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D1CA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D1CA1.001.8711.2011.20
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2021.001.001.00
##00000011.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5C6CA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0B7CB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.119 190.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adfda',
    500: '#42d1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d1ca;
$custom-light: #8adfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.063,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78469,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D1CA
secondary
#833538
accent
#444CE4
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFB
border
#CED5D4
text
#0D1514
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

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#42D1CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva